Public Space Archives — Page 6 of 6

The ‘Al Fresco Economy’: Restaurants Want to Start NYC’s Revival — All They Need is Space

"This could be the best block party in the history of New York, but if we don't get this right in the next three months, there will be a complete collapse of the tax base of the city," says a restaurant industry leader.

Gersh Kuntzman

May 12, 2020

The ‘Al Fresco Economy’: Restaurants Want to Start NYC’s Revival — All They Need is Space

Streetsblog NYC |Car-Free Streets

Our Social Distance ‘Machine’ Shows That Pedestrians Are Unprotected in De Blasio’s New York

Check out our latest music video depicting Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman showing how difficult it is to walk around his Brooklyn neighborhood yet maintain six feet of space from everyone else.

Streetsblog

April 17, 2020

Car-Free Streets

Let’s Not Overthink This: Opening Streets is Easy, Says Urban Planner Mike Lydon

An urban planner looks at open space and reviews the good, the bad and the ugly among our cities (looking at you, Mayor de Blasio!).

Mike Lydon

April 16, 2020

Coronavirus

Op-Ed: Mobility Justice Amid COVID-19

Collectivism is the only way we will survive this moment. A manifesto from the Untokening network.

The Untokening

April 15, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Best Practices

Op-Ed: Protecting Transit Workers During — and After — the COVID Crisis

The virus has exposed widespread failures in how we protect our essential workforce. Here's the actions agencies must take now and after the pandemic subsides.

Darwin Keung

April 14, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Op/Ed

This Crisis Will End. Our Fight Against Cars is Only Beginning.

A top Columbia University doctor says that now is the time to accelerate our efforts to protect ourselves and our communities through a healthy environment. It is the only way forward, and we do not have time to waste.